NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Six student-athletes from Emory & Henry College have been named to the 2011-12 VaSID Academic All-State Team, VaSID officials announced Wednesday. VaSID is the professional organization of the Virginia Sports Information Directors. The team honored 156 student-athletes from 26 institutions for their academic performance during the 2011-12 academic year.

E&H’s selections were sophomore Kyle Boden (Knoxville, Tenn.) of the football team, sophomore Cole Conley (Floyd, Va.) of men’s cross country, junor Ashley Ebersole (Maurertown, Va.) of softball, junior Kellie Flaherty (South Lake, Texas) of the women’s soccer team, junior Adam Pugh (Norwalk, Ohio) of football and sophomore Alyssa Wingate (Independence, Va.) of the women’s tennis team.

"We are very proud of the academic achievement of our student-athletes," said Director of Athletics Myra Sims. "They have great demands on them because of the academic rigor at E&H along with the demands of being an athlete."

Each school is given six spots on the team for deserving student-athletes. Team members must be at least a sophomore and carry a minimum 3.20 grade point average to receive the honor.  All four-year colleges in Virginia are eligible to be included.

The VaSID All-State teams are selected by sports information directors of member institutions of the Virginia Sports Information Directors across the Commonwealth of Virginia. VaSID, founded in 1983, selects Academic All-State teams across all sports in addition to All-State teams in two divisions (University and College) for 12 sports and three single-division teams.

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Emory & Henry's 2011-12 VaSID Academic All-State Honorees